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Villa are top of the table - but it's not a positive

Six games into the season and Villa have yet another unwanted statistic hanging over them.

They top the Championship table when it comes to dropping points. Villa have thrown away more points than any other side in the second tier from winning positions so far this season.

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Team news

Many picked up from the lack of options for Villa in midfield yesterday.

Aaron Tshibola missed out altogether while Mile Jedinak was on the bench after his international exploits.

The good news is that both are hopeful of being available to Di Matteo for Wednesday’s match.

Albert Adomah’s wait for a debut, however, may have to go on.

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Legend speaks

Villa legend Gary Shaw believes that the future is bright for his former club under Dr. Tony Xia and Roberto Di Matteo but it could have been much better.

Speaking to the Football League Paper, he said that the previous owners should have put measures in place with relegation inevitable midway through the league season.

"We knew well before then that we were going down, but so did the owners.

“They should have been putting measures into place that would have seen us dropping into the Championship in much better shape than they actually left us.

“Hopefully, the new owners will now put significant investment into the team – and, to be fair, they’ve already started doing that – because getting back up to the Premier League is going to be a mighty tough task.”

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Have you ever got this excited doing your job?

Aston Villa fans certainly enjoyed Ross McCormack's goal during the 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest on Sunday as this video from the club filmed in the goes to demonstrate.

But it also appears a Villa supporting steward couldn't hold back his emotions after the Scottish international fired home his second goal of the season.

The excitement clearly got the better of him with a triple fist-punch as joins in with the ecstatic supporters in the Holte End. What a legend.